fro Rameſe to ſokoht ſtede Non man on hem letting dede, 3204 For ſwinc and m_ur_ning hem was on, fro ðe liches in-to ðe erðe don; And manige of ðo grete_n_ forði ðat he adden ben hard hem bi. 3208 From Succoth they go to Etham, and thence to Pihahiroth. To burg ethan fer fro ſokoth, And ðeðen he ten to pharaoth;[292] ðor he ſtunden for to ſen q_u_ilc pharaon wið he_m_ ſal ben. 3212 Pharaoh called out his army. Pharaon bannede vt hiſ here, Iſrael he ðhogte to don dere; Six hundred chariots he brought out of Egypt, fifty thousand horsemen, and ten score thousand men of foot. Sex hundred carte-hird i-wrogt[293] vt of egipte he haueð[294] brogt; 3216 On horſe fifiti ðhusent men, x ſcore ðhusent of fote ren; [288] MS. haued. [289] MS. Siden. [290] MS. der. [291] MS. wid. [292] MS. pharaofh. [293] MS. hirdi wrogt. [294] MS. haued. THE ISRAELITES CROSS THE RED SEA. Alle he ledde hem vt forði ðat folc ebru to werchen wi. 3220 When the Israelites saw the Egyptian host they became sore afraid. Ðiſ godes folc waſ und_er_-numen, Q_ua_n he ſegen ðiſ hird al cumen, Sore he gunen for-dredde ben, for ne cuðen ne[295] gate flen, 3224 [Fol. 63.] And if he ðore ben bi-ſet, for they were without weapons. Ille he ſulen ben hung_er_ gret; He ne mogen figten a-gen, They chided Moses. for [he] wið-vten wopen ben; 3228 ðanne he ðuſ woren alle in dred, On moyſen he ſetten a gred. "Beð nu ſtille," q_u_að moyſes, Moses promises them God's assistance. "ðor god wile(.) iſ non helpeles; 3232 Ge ſulen ſen ðiſ ilke dai Q_u_at godes migt for gu mai." He bad ðiſ folc dregen wið ſkil, And he bi-ſogte godes wil. 3236 God instructs Moses to stretch out his rod over the sea.